[Been there, done that. She doesn't need to speculate.

Instead, she sighs, frustrated at his response.]

Maybe when I was a genin. But right now, I'm not under your command, and this isn't a mission. I'm not a child anymore. You don't have to protect me.

[Back home, back on the battlefield, he can't. So there's that.]

If you distance yourself from me, then they've won. [Ignore how she's been avoiding Neji and Shikamaru both. That's different.] The best victory is to just carry on like everything's normal, and they can go to hell.